NotReady4PrimeTime RN

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    Crne february 5, 2014 takers

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MintAnderson's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    The exams are Fedexed to Ottawa to the CNA offices where they're marked and reviewed. Any result where the score is very close to the passing mark are assessed to ensure the result is accurate (they...
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    RPNS - income taxes

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to miisz's topic in Canada

    Directly from the Canada Revenue Agency website: [h=3]Note[/h]Most employees cannot claim employment expenses. You cannot deduct the cost of travel to and from work, or other expenses, such as most...
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    Anyone passed OSCE by CNO

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to breeah's topic in Nurse Registration

    Do you understand what "OSCE" stands for? It's an Objective Structured Clinical Examination. The examiners want to see how you perform as a nurse. How you interact with patients, how you collect...
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    inexperienced nicu nurse

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MRSDIXON07's topic in Pediatric

    There are a few ways that kind of action can go. One is that the manager is too busy to meet with you and your request, which may seem to her like sour grapes, makes her angry enough to reject you...
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    RPNS - income taxes

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to miisz's topic in Canada

    Your T4 slip has instructions printed right on it where to put the various amounts on your tax form. If you wrote your registration exam this taxation year, you can claim the fee but not the HST on...
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    Crne february 5, 2014 takers

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MintAnderson's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    STAFF NOTE: Please refrain from using text-speak on this site, as stated immediately above the comment box: Per our Terms of Service please post in English only; no text/chat
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    Crne february 5, 2014 takers

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to MintAnderson's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    I'm pretty sure Silverdragon102 has already pointed out that the smaller provinces get their results first so until somebody from PEI or Nova Scotia posts they've got theirs the wait will continue....
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    Interesting cases anyone?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Trisomy 18 kids are a challenge, no doubt about it. I remember one from years ago whose family wanted everything possible done, and went so far as to have the baby delivered in another city because...
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    I just don't understand

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Jinx322's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What do you suppose happens if/when there are NO applicants with experience? My unit - a very high acuity pediatric ICU/cardiac ICU - is faced with this scenario all the time. When that happens, the...
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    Drug Shortages

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to CrufflerJJ's topic in Patient Medications

    Probably because your inventory control people have determined that in an average supply cycle your unit uses x number of bags, back in the day when patients weren't as ill as they are now, no changes...
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    Taking dying patient home with children - what are your thoughts?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to tokebi's topic in Pediatric

    My grandfather died just before I turned four. He had lung cancer and was ill at home for some time before his death. I wasn't kept away from him and can remember happily playing along side him in his...
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    Ryerson v. Trent?

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to anikarain's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    You do realise that you're likely to be flamed for taking a seat away from someone who wants to be a NURSE when s/he grows up, don't
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    Before the Morning (Failed CRNE three times. what now?)

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to yahy's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    You have to contact CRNBC and ask them what their process is. They'll have a number of criteria for granting a review of your situation that most members here will have no information about - and...
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    Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing 2014

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to helisha's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    STAFF NOTICE - All posters: Please, dear members, remember that you cannot use the names of third parties in your posts. It's a violation of the Terms of Service (Terms of Service for Nurses | Nursing...
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    New Grad RN looking for advice

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to hgmercury47's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Back in 1994 when I graduated from nursing school the job market looked a lot like it does now. I was forced out of sheer desperation to take the only position offered to me out of the 200 or so I...
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    Consolidations on Peds CCCU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to justgowiththeflo's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Skills... All of your patients will have a chest tube... or four. Some of them will have open sternums. All of your patients will have both arterial and central lines, and most will have intracardiac...
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    BSN program @ UFV September 2014 Intake

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to Brianne17's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    STAFF NOTE - To all posters: Please do not include the names of third parties in your posts. This is a violation of Terms of Service (Terms of Service for Nurses | Nursing Students). In threads such...
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    Consolidations on Peds CCCU

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to justgowiththeflo's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Since peds cardiac ICU pays my bills, I might be able to help. You've heard correctly that the acuity is high and the patients are generally neonates or infants. Most cardiac defects are corrected...
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    CRNE june 2014: in need of advice

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to ma305's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    There's a problem with that plan. The OP may find that s/he has insufficient practice hours to become registered if s/he hasn't been working since graduation and would then need a
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    Nurses at UAB? (or anywhere in Alabama) NAS questions

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to gma2four's topic in Pediatric

    Sadly, our members really can't offer you any advice. I hope things go well for your grandbaby. Best
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    For NEW GRADS - Student Loan Forgiveness

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in Canada

    Good idea! Glad you thought of
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    any nurses here for quebec ..pls share ur experience re: registration, exams..

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to 07genona's topic in Canada

    I have more than 8500 posts on this site and my background is well-established. As I said in a previous post above, I don't live in Québec now, but I have. One of my children lived and worked in a...
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    advice for a high school student

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to JSAN97's topic in Canada

    You're right that nursing offers the opportunities for patient care that you described. Under the current government regime though, nurses aren't really in demand. We work short all the time but AHS...
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    Taxes

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to kp1987's topic in Canada

    We had an accountant do our taxes for 9 years and I was told quite bluntly that I could not claim uniforms, shoes, a new stethoscope or any of the myriad reference books I've bought over the years,...
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    any nurses here for quebec ..pls share ur experience re: registration, exams..

    NotReady4PrimeTime replied to 07genona's topic in Canada

    navi73, prepare yourself for an uphill struggle to get licensed, to find work, to feel like you fit in unless you're completely FLUENT in French. If you're not, shop keepers, bank employees,...